A lil lunchtime bird walk was just the thing! 🪶

The Five Seasons of Charlie Francis by Danica Roache (available direct from Nimbus Pub) is my very favorite read this year. It was also my 100th book this year (thanks @thestorygraph.com )

Oh wow. Merry freaking everything to me. Please and thank you. Ow to decide on 4 or 6. 😮

yellowlegs! greater! 🪶

You ever have those days when you fail to achieve liftoff? 🪶 scene from one of Connecticut’s beautiful state parks

Morning walk before work and Connecticut is not terrible this time of year.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #singing. Here’s a lovely Eastern Bluebird. I can’t remember what song it was. Might have been Wonderwall. 🪶

The first time I saw a hooded mergansers I was like “oh, this is the weird duck they were telling me about” What a beautiful rendering @littlewarblergoods.bsky.social 🪶

Repping my @wiscobirder.bsky.social hoodie down at Harkness. Fitting in some #birdjoy while I wait for my kid’s college XC race to start

Today’s #birdjoy was embracing my mediocre field skills and having the chance to watch behavior of wood thrush, wrens, downy woodpeckers and red-eyed vireos

Ahem @wiscobirder.bsky.social why you not warn us how 🥹 we’d feel holding one of these? Even in the middle of a heat wave this brings me joy. Because of yall? I’ve been spreading the bird joy at my healthcare jobby job. Had a patient come back today and tell me they saw a yellow warbler. #birdjoy

I finally found a library copy of @andrealrogers.bsky.social Caldecott medal winning book! Still want to find an actual copy for my home library, but this is just delightful!

Bird joy for me today was watching this darling chickadee enjoy the early spring.

Syd’s in Madison CT is one of the best little bookshops. Can’t beat the views!

Absolutely stunning early afternoon in the rain and cold with dozens of waterfowl, ospreys and an eagle! (Rocky Neck state park)

Found a new to me bookstore today up in Greenfield, MA —Roundabout Books and it’s so lovely. Lots of space to sit, study and gather and the tidiest collections of new, used and vintage. Plus a tea selection!

Went on a hike with my youngest son today. Touched moss and it makes everything better for a while.

Not enough gel on a windy day #birds #nature #Canon #R5Mk2 #photography #wildlife #birdphotography #cardinals

A little birdie also told me it’s SPRING as loudly and beautifully as its little bird self could. Hey there, lil house finch. You were a good start to the day.

A little birdie told me that @andrealrogers.bsky.social The Art Thieves is going to get a mention on my kid’s college radio show tomorrow. She and co-host pair books and songs for the hour. This week’s theme is recent reads.

A new safety alert bill has been endorsed by the New Mexico State Legislature. Dubbed the Turquoise Alert system, the initiative would send cellphone alerts to citizens in New Mexico in relation to the disappearance of Native American people.

Ah, @andrealrogers.bsky.social you would have been smitten to eavesdrop on our tiny little book club. We had so many thoughts and reflections on The Art Thieves, what came to the fore though was how much our relationships matter. Woliwon/Wado for this beautiful book!

What a brilliant idea! 😮 @allgoodbookshop.co.uk

Hey there, Spring. Thanks for sending these killdeer to announce its arrival. Rocky Neck State Park CT

Thank you time change for the extra hour of light that allowed me to head out for a quick little bird walk at the end of my day.

I was fascinated and curious how this tree arrived in its current state.

Today is International Women’s Day & I wanted to share a stack of a handful of my favorite books by women. Just a reminder: if your feminism is only for white, straight, cis women, it’s not feminism it’s fascism. I encourage you to read as intersectionally as possible, you’ll thank me I promise!

Am I excited to finally start The Art Thieves for book club? Yes. Am I always the last one to finish the book for book club? Also yes. 😂🪶

I have two weeks to plot and scheme for @andrealrogers.bsky.social to participate in our indigenous fam book club a) because we’re small and mighty b) because we’re reading The Art Thieves this month and c) my sis (older I might add) doubted the author and I were social media “friends” 😂😂

I found a new to me used bookstore across from the new BBQ place I tried with my son and did I yelp when I found this beautiful book of @wildandincolor.bsky.social on the shelf? You know it. Did I then go stand out in the cold and wind to look at weird ducks at the State park? Also did. #birdjoy

“So then he said—- Omg, he’s right behind me, isn’t he?” #EasternBluebird #birds 🪶🦉

raise your hand if you know what it is to need a “moss walk” to center yourself.

@andrealrogers.bsky.social The Art Thieves is our indigenous family book club read for March. We’ve read Angeline Boulley, Marcie Rendon and now this pick. We’re all busy and not in the same place, but coming together every few months to share books, our wolastoqey language and family shenanigans 🪶💯

Someone in Kitsilano has a very funny sense of humour. Apparently this isn’t their first installation either 😂

First half summary. Chiefs have a big old pile of DNF while Eagles have an ebook, an audiobook, an upstairs book, and a car book all going at the same time.

Sage.

It’s worth a try …

I finally finally bested my son at Wingspan! First played this at one of our Hoffman Bird Club outings and bought a set for home. Played the 🦅 so I’ll call that auspicious for tomorrow’s Suberb Owl gathering.

Afternoon coffee and @andrealrogers.bsky.social the Art Thieves —our skicin family book club pick for March.

exactly this. going to start an inclusive birding club this Spring despite it all. But will need a month to nap between outings.

Thank you Nat’l Lawyers Guild for letting me know every single app on my IPhone had Apple AI learning from it. Here’s how to turn it off 1. Go to settings 2. Go to Apps 3. Go down your list of apps individually and select Siri/Apple Intelligence 4. Deselect “learn from this app”

Nelson's Sparrow. A bird that breeds in freshwater marshes in the boreal forest, but winters along the cordgrass salt marshes of the Gulf Coast. Obsessed with sparrows at the moment.

I don’t know what this month will bring except my Hoffman Bird Club has THE Christian Cooper as our speaker next week and 🥹 that’s pretty dang special. My #birdjoy cup will overflow for dang sure.

I’ve seen most of these this winter. And if I complete this duck duck bingo card I will buy a shirt in any and every color because DUCKS.

I just realized @brighteyedbirding.bsky.social is in here and I was like ohhh! lemme go find a post to share, but oh no! Hope you’re not too banged up, Jordan! Birding bites back sometimes. *passes the arnica* Better weather and footing soon! But seriously go follow for the loveliest YT vids!

I really, really adore views from these camera feeders. What a treasure!

Listened to the “Birding as a Family” episode of @thebirdingbeardsmn.bsky.social @wiscobirder.bsky.social Bird Joy podcast (link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...) and I gotta say going back and listening to my #birdjoy is the best reminder why I get out there and why I nerd out with my fam

I have not yet found a copy of @rosemarymosco.com book, but I bet there is a chapter on how easily these befeathered fellas make friends. and then leave when you don’t have snacks. bye little guy, hope you found some pretzels.

Makes me so happy to see the work of a fantastic Wolastoqey artist! @percysacobie.bsky.social doing Sitansisk proud. 🪶